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| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | WBEZ | WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, June 12, 2026: CPS CEO testifies before Congress, residents recover from severe storms and more - WBEZ Chicago | https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/06/12/wbezs-weekly-news-recap-june-12-2026-cps-ceo-testifies-before-congress-residents-recover-from-severe-storms-and-more | Chicago police investigate a cross burning and potential hate crime in Grant Park. Governor Pritzker says he’s open to calling a special legislative session to reach a Bears stadium deal. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pedals presidential aspirations on a bike tour of New Hampshire. _In the Loop_ breaks down … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | WBEZ | Jeanne Gang’s latest exhibition is for the birds — just as it should be | https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2026/06/12/jeanne-gang-chicago-architecture-center-flyway-openlands-exhibition-birds | Chicago is indeed a city in a garden, just as our “Urbs in Horto” motto has been telling us in Latin since 1837. We tend to get the _urbs_ part right, with the buildings, infrastructure and all. But too often, the _horto_ gets treated like garnish — mere green detailing … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Fox Chicago | AA sponsor tried to sexually assault woman in Chicago suburb while toddler sat in backseat: officials | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aa-sponsor-sex-assault-chicago-suburb | ![][12] article Adan Castellanos-Rubio | Cook County Sheriff's Office #### The Brief * * A Chicago man was charged after authorities say he attempted to sexually assault a woman while she and her toddler were inside a vehicle in Stickney Township. * Police said the suspect, identified as the woman's … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Is Facebook down? Widespread outages across Meta platforms reported | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/is-facebook-down-widespread-outages-across-meta-platforms-reported | ![][8] article FILE - The Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Expand #### The Brief * * Outages were reported across Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram on Friday. * Meta's communications team acknowledged the outage, saying they were working … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Fox Chicago | SpaceX to make public debut on Wall Street: What to know | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/spacex-make-public-debut-wall-street-what-know | ![SpaceX makes record-breaking stock market debut ][1] ![SpaceX makes record-breaking stock market debut ][1] #### [ SpaceX makes record-breaking stock market debut ][2] SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket and artificial intelligence company, is set to begin trading on the stock market Friday. The highly anticipated debut is being closely watched and … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Over 150,000 ComEd customers still without power after severe storms | https://chicago.suntimes.com/weather/2026/06/12/chicago-severe-weather-tornadoes-power-outage-comed-customers-englewood | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][19] * [ Facebook ][20] * [ Bluesky ][21] * [ Email ][22] * [ Reddit ][23] * [ Flipboard ][24] More than 150,000 ComEd customers were still without power Friday morning as [ severe storms ][25] hammered the city … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | IHSA baseball Class 3A/4A state finals schedule and scores | https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/06/12/ihsa-baseball-state-finals-scores-schedule-illinois | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][11] * [ Facebook ][12] * [ Bluesky ][13] * [ Email ][14] * [ Reddit ][15] * [ Flipboard ][16] **Friday, June 12** at Slammers Stadium, Joliet **CLASS 3A** **Semifinals** East Peoria vs. St. Rita, 10 a.m. Crystal Lake … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Sun-Times Player of the Year Jaxson Davis leaves Warren for a prep school | https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-basketball/2026/06/12/jaxson-davis-warren-basketball-transfer-prep-school | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] Warren’s Jaxson Davis, the [ 2026 Sun-Times Player of the Year ][7] , is transferring to a prep school … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | Chicago Reader | Milo’s Market gets in our cabeza at the next Monday Night Foodball | https://chicagoreader.com/food/monday-night-foodball/milos-market-cabeza-gilberto-jesus-bahena-berto-quesabirria-tacos-mexican-food-suenos-thattu/ | On the second day of Sueños, Grant Park got soaked, and so did Gilberto Bahena. That was the summer of 2024, which was shaping up to be the Summer of Berto. His three-year-old pop-up concept was riding high on an [ ingenious Mexican riff ][1] on the classic French croque … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | CBS Local | David Hockney, renowned U.K. artist and Pop art movement leader, dies at 88 | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/david-hockney-british-artist-dies-age-88-uk/ | British artist David Hockney, considered one of the most influential and defining figures in contemporary art, whose paintings captured the world in brilliant color, has died aged 88, his publicist announced Friday. Describing Hockney as "one of the most important figures in contemporary art in both the 20th and 21st … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | CBS Local | China says "spy turtles" and "spy fish" deployed by foreign intelligence agencies snooping in its waters | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/china-spy-turtles-and-fish-foreign-intelligence-agencies/ | Foreign intelligence services are using "spy turtles" and "spy fish" to snoop on China, the country's Ministry of State Security said Friday. "An unseen covert war of espionage is currently unfolding" in the seas around China's coast, the ministry wrote in a [ post on the WeChat ][42] social media … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | CBS Local | Stowaway with 524 pounds of cocaine and a gun found on barge off Puerto Rico, Coast Guard says | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/stowaway-cocaine-gun-barge-puerto-rico-coast-guard/ | A stowaway with more than 500 pounds of cocaine and a gun was found on board a barge off the coast of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday, marking the second time this year that authorities detained a stowaway holding a huge stash of drugs in the same … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | CBS Local | Pentagon releases 3rd batch of UFO files, detailing mysterious orb sightings: "Are you seeing this?" | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ufo-files-pentagon-3rd-release-documents-videos/ | _Washington_ — The Pentagon on Friday released a new group of documents and videos related to UFOs, or UAPs, the third release since the government began a [ wave of new disclosures ][17] last month. The latest batch includes 53 documents and 10 images from the CIA, FBI, NASA, the … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | CBS Local | SpaceX set to begin trading after raising $75 billion in record IPO | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/spacex-stock-price-ipo-spcx-initial-public-offering/ | SpaceX is set to begin trading Friday after completing the largest initial public offering in history, marking the long-awaited Wall Street debut of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company. SpaceX on Thursday [ priced ][4] its shares at $135 each, raising $75 billion to finance its [ ambitious plans ][5] … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | CBS Local | Woman killed, teen hurt by gunfire through window of Greater Grand Crossing home, Chicago police say | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-shooting-greater-grand-crossing-woman-killed-teen-hurt/ | Chicago police said two people were struck by gunfire and one of them was killed while inside a home in the city's Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood overnight. Police said at about 12:50 a.m., a 17-year-old boy and 37-year-old woman were in a home in the 7600 block of S. Eberhart … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | ABC Local | Former Uvalde school police chief set to appear in court | https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-uvalde-school-police-chief-set-appear-court/19281788/ | Former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo is set to return to a Texas courtroom on Friday, as the judge overseeing his criminal trial weighs moving the case out of Uvalde and whether the whole thing might have to wait because U.S. Customs and Border Protection has refused to cooperate. … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | ABC Local | US moving forward with signing ceremony plans, but deal still needs approval from Iran, sources say | https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-moving-forward-signing-ceremony-plans-deal-needs-final-approval-iran-sources-say/19282299/ | The Trump administration is moving forward with initial plans to hold a signing ceremony in Geneva as soon as this weekend, but despite President Donald Trump's comments on Thursday, there's still no indication that the Iran's supreme leader has approved the terms of the deal, according to several sources familiar … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | ABC Local | Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' | https://abc7.com/post/judge-extends-block-trumps-18-billion-anti-weaponization-fund/19282514/ | ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government. **NOTE:** _The video is from a previous report._ Earlier this month, … |
| View Article | 9:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | WLS AM | Why Are Costumed People Running To The CTA? ‘Catch That Train’ Videos Add Whimsy To Commutes | https://www.wlsam.com/2026/06/12/why-are-costumed-people-running-to-the-cta-catch-that-train-videos-add-whimsy-to-commutes/ | Charlie Clerk, better known as @Sidequesttre on social media, has three rules when making his “Catch That Train” videos. Don’t get hit by a car. Make it to the train no matter what. And his golden rule: Leave no runner behind. Clerk, 25, is a Bronzeville-based content creator and transit … |
| View Article | 9:01 a.m. | June 12, 2026 | NBC Local | Photos, videos show damage in wake of multiple tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana | https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/photos-videos-show-damage-in-wake-of-multiple-tornadoes-in-illinois-indiana/3947771/ | Photos, videos and drone footage captured the scenes many across Illinois and Indiana were waking up to Friday as devastating storms and tornadoes left behind a sea of debris. The National Weather Service [ confirmed multiple tornadoes struck Illinois and northwest Indiana ][1] Thursday, with crews expected to survey the … |